War in Ukraine
SA uniquely positioned to broach peace between Russia and Ukraine, says Ramaphosa
The president says SA is uniquely placed to engage Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump to bring them together for a trilateral meeting.
SA rebukes Russia for killing 24 Ukrainian pensioners in an ‘indiscriminate’ airstrike
The deliberate targeting of non-combatants violates international law, says the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.
Ukraine eager to broaden trade with SA, says senior Aspen executive
The Aspen Group’s Stavros Nicolaou says that his impression from his recent visit to Kyiv is that Ukraine also wants South Africa to play a role in peace talks.
SA’s shuttle diplomacy between Kyiv and Moscow is at Ukraine’s direction, says Dirco DG
Dirco director-general Zane Dangor, fresh from a visit to Ukraine, says Pretoria is being guided by Ukraine in its ongoing role of providing shuttle diplomacy between the warring nations of Russia and Ukraine.
Trump and Putin’s Alaska summit eerily echoes Chamberlain’s ‘Peace in our time’
Donald Trump’s tragicomic efforts in meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska and his waverings when he met with the heads of leading Western nations in the White House have, in truth, brought the assault on Ukraine no closer to an end.
What role, if any, is South Africa playing in Ukraine peace efforts?
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been in direct telephonic contact with all the main players, but it is unclear just how significant a role South Africa can, or will play.
Ramaphosa talks to Putin about US efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine
The South African President’s call to the Russian leader followed one he made to US President Donald Trump about a different matter.
Norway’s Stoltenberg lauds SA’s meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors
The Norwegian finance minister said that despite their differences, the countries around the table had been able to agree on a communique ‘that sets out important principles’.
Polish medics at unique facility help evacuate Ukraine’s wounded soldiers
Poland’s emergency medical team can move up to 50 patients a day, and the number of injured from Ukraine is increasing.
The bloodied but unbowed survivors in Ukraine, where dreams cannot be burned
Lviv has become a major humanitarian centre for those fleeing the war in Ukraine, or recovering from it. The city’s Superhumans Center has fitted more than 2,000 prosthetic limbs to about 1,000 casualties of the war.
Help pressurise Putin to agree to a ceasefire, Ukraine urges African countries
Under almost constant deadly bombardment by Russia, Ukraine has appealed to African countries to pressure Russia to agree to an unconditional ceasefire in the 40-month-old war.
Israel, Iran and the US — why 2025 is a turning point for the international order
The year 2025 will stand out as the point at which the post-1945 world order was smashed by these two countries as they wilfully ignored rules that had been respected and observed for decades.
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